Kikuko Sakota, a Japan-based artist has been exhibiting her work in and out of Japan since 1999.  Studied in U.S.A. and Japan, she has sought for abstract style using mainly acrylics on canvases, focusing on color deployment, composition, use of brushstrokes, staining and dripping of acrylic layers to create the depth on the picture plane, in her view, to express a sense of passing time. Occasionally, fiber paste and adsorbent are used to add various nuances and textures.

Her themes are the existential time and spaces of her personal experience in her daily humdrums: a morning light, the freshness of a stroll, a rhythm of music, etc.  Her attempt is to transform seemingly neglectable but precious ones to invite viewers in an artistic moment.

Solo Exhibition

2023 Kikuko Sakota Solo Show, Hideharu FukasakuGallery Roppongi(Tokyo Japan)

2020 Kikuko Sakota Solo Show, Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi(Tokyo Japan)

2019 Kikuko Sakota Y Art Gallery (Osaka, Japan)

2018 Kikuko Sakota, Noho Gallery (New York, U.S.A.)

2017 Kikuko Sakota, Art Imagine Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

2011 Atelier Series Vol.7 Kikuko Sakota, Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan)

2009 Kikuko Sakota Monogatari, Gallery Shimada Deux(Kobe, Japan)

2006 pink, blue, pink yellow, pink blue, pink, blue, Big Pagoda (San Francisco, U.S.A.)

2005 The Recent Work, Gallery Gora (Montreal, Canada)

2005 Kikuko Sakota Volume 3, Atelier TK (Tokyo, Japan)

2004 Blooming, Caelum Gallery (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2002 The Energy in Progress, Gallery Kitanozaka (Kobe, Japan)

Group Exhibition

2024 Abstract Painting Exhibition, BE=Lab&Gallery(Osaka, Japan) (Scheduled)

2024 Paris Art Fair, Paris Expo – Pavillon 5 (Paris)

2024 Symphony, Group Show, Monat Gallery (Madrid)

2023 Water the Exhibition, Laguna ART.com Gallery (California)

2021 World of Co Artist Residency Exhibition (Bulgaria/Online)

2020 Group Show Gallery Art Point(Tokyo Japan)

2020 Member Group Show, Berkeley Art Center (Berkeley, U.S.A.)

2019 Group Show, Espacio Gallery (London, U.K.)

2017 POU Group Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Kobe, Japan)

Art Wave Exibition, Recto Verso Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

2016 Art Span Group Show, Orangeland, (S.F., U.S.A.)

2016 Pou Ten Exhibition, Gallery Onetwentyeight(N.Y., U.S.A.)

2016 Heart Art in Tokyo, The National Art Center (Tokyo, Japan)

2015 Amsterdam Whitney Gallery Group Show (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2015 Art Festival, The Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

2014 Group Show, O Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

2013 The 32nd Pou Group Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Kobe, Japan)

2013 Cities: All Dimension Exhibition, Tokarska Gallery(London, U.K.)

2013 3rd Annual Be A Saint Valentine's Day Art Auction, Silvia White Gallery(Ventura,, U.S.A.)

2012 Art Imagine Small Work Group Show, Art Imagine Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

2010 Pouten II Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art(Kobe, Japan)

2010 The Group Exhibition What Is The Meaning of Art?, Art-Imagine Gallery (Tokyo,Japan)

2010 Annual Juried Exhibiton, Pleiades Gallery (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2008 The Group Exhibition, Big Pagoda(San Francisco, U.S.A.)

2007 The 30th Pou Group Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Kobe,Japan)

2004 The 16th Pou Group Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (kobe, Japan)

2004 Madrid Art Saloon, Galerie Catarsis (Madrid, Spain)

2003 The 13th Pou Group Exhibition, The Art Civic Center (Kobe, Japan)

2003 Three Person Show, Caelum Gallery (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2003 International Group Show, Caelum Gallery (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2002 International Group Show, Caelum Gallery (N.Y., U.S.A.)

2002 The 7th Pou Group Exhibition, Himeji City Museum of Art (Himeji, Japan)

2001 Two Persons Show, Order of Energy, Katina Huston & Kikuko Sakota

2001 Toa Gallery(Kobe, Japan)

2000 The 5th Pou Group Exhibition, Gallery Oscar (Kobe, Japan)

1999 The 4th Pou Group Exhibition, Gallery Lolo (Kakogawa, Japan)

Representation

Laguna Art Com., (LA, U.S.A.)

Monat Gallery (Madrid)

Education

2023 Abstract painting, Berkeley Extension, University of California

2021 World of Co Artist Residency(Bulgaria)

2020-2021  Abstract Painting, Art Student League(N.Y.)

2015- 2017 Enrolled at MFA, Academy of Art University (S.F.)

1997-2004 Studied in the workshop of Ms. Toshiko Tochihara, registered in New York Public Library and MOMA

2000 Studied under Ms. Mary Weatherford and others in Summer School of Otis College of Art

1997 Studied under Ms. Katina Huston and others in San Francisco School of Art

1997 Studied under Ms. Amanda Townsend in Macregar School of Southern Queensland University

1997 Enrolled at Graduate School, Department of Art, Dominguez Hills School, California State University

1984 Graduated from Division of English Literature and Language, Department of Liberal Arts, Doshisha University(Kyoto Japan)(Bachelor of Letters)

Publication

AATONAU (art magazine) May, 2023

Bijutsu Techo (Art magazine) 2014.07

SAA Paint, July 2007

Awards

2016 Jury's Award, Heart Art in Tokyo, The National Art Center

2003 Selected in Zero Exhibition,Osaka, Japan

2002 Award of Museum of Arts, Himeji City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan

2000 Honorary Mention, Kobe City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan

迫田貴久子 (Kikuko Sakota)

個展

2023 Kikuko Sakota Recent Work ヒデハルフカサクギャラリー(東京) (予定)

2020 Kikuko Sakota Recent Work ヒデハルフカサクギャラリー(東京)

2019 迫田貴久子展 わいアートギャラリー(大阪)

2018 Kikuko Sakota Recent Work Noho M55 ギャラリー(ニューヨーク)

2017 迫田貴久子 企画展 アートイマジンギャラリー(東京)

2011 「いま」を見据える作家たちアトリエシリーズ Vol.7 西脇市岡之山美術館(西脇)

2009 Kikuko Sakota ものがたり展 ギャラリー島田 deux(神戸)

2006 pink, blue, pink yellow, pink blue, pink, blue, Big Pagoda (アメリカ サンフランシスコ)

2005 The Recent Work, Gallery Gora (カナダ モントリオール)

2005 Kikuko Sakota Volume 3, アトリエ TK (東京)

2004 Blooming, Caelum Gallery (アメリカ ニューヨーク)

2002 The Energy in Progress, ギャラリー北野坂 (神戸)

グループ展

2024  抽象画展 BE=Lab&Gallery(大阪)(予定)

2024  パリアートフェア Paris Expo – Pavillon 5(パリ)

2024 グループ展 Monat Gallery(マドリード)(予定)

2023 AIR the Exhibition, Laguna ART.com ギャラリー(カリフォルニア)

2021 World of Co Artist Residency (Online)

2020 グループ展 Gallery Art Point (東京)

2020 メンバーグループ展 Berkley Art Center (アメリカ サンフランシスコ)

2019 グループ展 Espacioギャラリー(ロンドン)

2017 ポウ展、兵庫県立美術館(神戸)

2017 Art Wave Exhibition, Recto Verso Gallery (東京)

2016 第十九回エイズチャリティー美術展 国立新美術館

2015 Group Show, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery(N.Y., U.S.A.)

2015芸術祭 選抜展 上野の森美術館(東京)

2014 芸術祭 O美術館(東京)

2013 ポウ展II 兵庫県立美術館 (神戸)

2013 Cities: All Dimension Exhibition, Tokarska ギャラリー(英国 ロンドン)

2013 3rd Annual Be A Saint Valentine's Day Art Auction, Silvia White ギャラリー(アメリカ、カリフォルニア、ヴェンチュラ)

2012 アートイマジン芸術小品展 アートイマジンギャラリー(東京)

2010ポウ展II、兵庫県立美術館 (神戸)

2010 芸術の意義「展」No.2,アートイマジンギャラリー(東京)

2010 Juried Show, Pleiades Gallery(アメリカ、ニューヨーク)

2009・2008 グループ展 Big Pagoda(アメリカ サンフランシスコ)

2007・2004 ポウ展、兵庫県立美術館 原田の森ギャラリー(神戸)

2004 マドリードアートサロン, Galerie Catarsis (スペイン マドリード)

2003 第十三回ポウ展, アートシビックセンター(神戸)

2003 三人展, Caelum Gallery (アメリカ ニューヨーク)

2003 インターナショナルグループ展, Caelum Gallery (アメリカ ニューヨ―ク)

2003 Zero展(東京)

2002 インターナショナルグループ展, Caelum Gallery (アメリカ ニューヨーク)

2002 第七回ポウ展, 姫路市立近代美術館 (姫路)

2001 二人展, Order of Energy, Katina Huston & Kikuko Sakota トアギャラリー(神戸)

2000 第五回ポウ展, ギャラリーオスカー (神戸)

1999 第四回ポウ展, ギャラリーロロ(加古川)

Publication

2023 AATONAU(アートマガジン)

2014 美術手帖 2014.07

受賞

2016 第十九回エイズチャリティー美術展 審査員賞

2002 姫路市民展(姫路市美術館賞)(姫路)

2000 神戸市民展(佳作)